Census-Income (KDD)

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This data set contains weighted census data extracted from the 1994 and 1995 current population surveys conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. This data set contains weighted census data extracted from the 1994 and 1995 Current Population Surveys conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. The data contains 41 demographic and employment related variables. The instance weight indicates the number of people in the population that each record represents due to stratified sampling. To do real analysis and derive conclusions, this field must be used. This attribute should *not* be used in the classifiers. One instance per line with comma delimited fields. There are 199523 instances in the data file and 99762 in the test file. The data was split into train/test in approximately 2/3, 1/3 proportions using MineSet's MIndUtil mineset-to-mlc.

Subject Area

Social Science

Instances

299,285

Features

Data Types

Multivariate

Tasks

Classification

Feature Types

Categorical, Integer

Features

Name	Role	Type	Units	Missing Values
AAGE	Feature	Integer	-	No
└ age
ACLSWKR	Feature	Categorical	-	No
└ class of worker
ADTINK	Feature	Integer	-	No
└ industry code
ADTOCC	Feature	Integer	-	No
└ occupation code
AHGA	Feature	Integer	-	No
└ education
AHSCOL	Feature	Categorical	-	No
└ enrolled in edu last week
AMARITL	Feature	Categorical	-	No
└ marital status
AMJIND	Feature	Categorical	-	No
└ major industry code
AMJOCC	Feature	Categorical	-	No
└ major occupation code
ARACE	Feature	Categorical	-	No
└ race
AREORGN	Feature	Categorical	-	No
└ hispanic origin
ASEX	Feature	Categorical	-	No
└ sex
AUNMEM	Feature	Categorical	-	No
└ member of a labor union
AUNTYPE	Feature	Categorical	-	No
└ reason for unemployment
AWKSTAT	Feature	Integer	-	No
└ full or part time employment stat
CAPGAIN	Feature	Integer	-	No
└ capital gains
GAPLOSS	Feature	Integer	-	No
└ capital losses
DIVVAL	Feature	Categorical	-	No
└ dividends from stocks
FILESTAT	Feature	Categorical	-	No
└ tax filer status
GRINREG	Feature	Categorical	-	No
└ region of previous residence
GRINST	Feature	Categorical	-	No
└ state of previous residence
HHDFMX	Feature	Continuous	-	No
└ detailed household and family stat
HHDREL	Feature	Categorical	-	No
└ detailed household summary in household
MARSUPWRT	Feature	Categorical	-	No
└ instance weight
MIGMTR1	Feature	Categorical	-	Yes
└ migration code-change in msa
MIGMTR3	Feature	Categorical	-	Yes
└ migration code-change in reg
MIGMTR4	Feature	Categorical	-	Yes
└ migration code-move within reg
MIGSAME	Feature	Integer	-	No
└ live in this house 1 year ago
MIGSUN	Feature	Categorical	-	Yes
└ migration prev res in sunbelt
NOEMP	Feature	Categorical	-	No
└ num persons worked for employer
PARENT	Feature	Categorical	-	No
└ family members under 18
PEFNTVTY	Feature	Categorical	-	Yes
└ country of birth father
PEMNTVTY	Feature	Integer	-	Yes
└ country of birth mother
PENATVTY	Feature	Categorical	-	No
└ country of birth self
PRCITSHP	Feature	Integer	-	No
└ citizenship
SEOTR	Feature	Integer	-	No
└ own business or self employed
VETQVA	Feature	Categorical	-	No
└ fill inc questionaire for veteran's admin
VETYN	Feature	Categorical	-	No
└ veterans benefits
WKSWORK	Feature	Categorical	-	No
└ weeks worked in year
income	Target	Binary	-	No
└ below or above $50k
AHRSPAY	Feature	Integer	-	No
└ wage per hour
year	Feature	Integer	-	No
└ 94 or 95

Introductory Paper

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Additional Metadata

Keywords

census

Authors

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Year Created

2000

DOI

10.24432/C5N30T

License

CC BY 4.0

Census-Income (KDD)

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Introductory Paper

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